Dear Colleagues,
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) offers weekly free webinars. Mark your calendars for these upcoming online events. AASHE webinars are free for everyone and video recordings and presentation materials are available for members in the webinar archive at any time. Not a member? Join AASHE today!
Reaching Beyond the Green Population
May 15 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Reach out to students beyond the usual sustainability suspects and learn how to engage w/ LGBTQ, religious, working class, and first generation students.
Presenter: Peterson Toscano, Climate Communication Trainer, Citizens Climate Lobby
Scaling the Ladder: Engagement Programs as Tools for Sustainability
May 22 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Using examples from McGill University, this webinar covers how practitioners can use the ladder of engagement to grow meaningful, collective action.
Leading Deeper Change: The 1st Cohort of AASHE Members Share Their Experience Completing the REFOCUS Applied Learning Program
May 29 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Learn how 3 institutions implemented the REFOCUS method of transformative change leadership on their campuses. REFOCUS is designed to enable practitioners to generate deep organizational change and establish sustainability as a strategic priority.
Presenters: Michelle Smith, Assistant Director for Sustainable Campus Operations, University of Vermont, Cynthia Klein-Banai, Associate Chancellor for Sustainability, University of Illinois at Chicago, Calandra Waters Lake, Director of Sustainability, William & Mary, Randy Sa’d, Founder & Executive Director, REFOCUS
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June 19 - June 22 at the University of Colorado Boulder Campus
This retreat is designed for leadership practitioners from higher education, local government, business and not for profit organizations wanting to accelerate impact, lead with purpose, renew focus and advance critical change leadership skills. Participants are immersed with 30-40 other change leaders plus a dedicated content delivery team.
Facilitators and Speakers: Leith Sharp, Director of Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership, Harvard University; Aurora Winslade, Director of Sustainability, Swarthmore College; Sandy Wiggins, Principal, Consilience LLC; Matthew Kamakani Lynch, System Sustainability Director, University of Hawaiʻi; Matt St.Clair, Director of Sustainability, University of California office of the President; Heidi VanGenderen, Chief Sustainability Officer, University of Colorado Boulder.